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WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
WareWolf:
--- Quote from: explicit on 17 Feb 2017, 22:33 ---That reminds me I had to get rid of a dead possum this past year. It was not a fun job.
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I've had to dispose of three. Damn dog keeps bringing them home. And that's just the three that were actually dead, not the two that eventually revived and walked away once I got the dog away from them. Yes, "playing possum" is a real thing.
Kugai:
Possums are an introduced pest here. We've been trying to eliminate them here for decadesa after some bright spark introduced them for a fur trade
bhtooefr:
Mind you, there's a difference between possums and opossums.
Americans calling something a "possum" are talking about opossums.
explicit:
Yupp, that's the thing I had to get rid of, for sure.
Case:
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 17 Feb 2017, 01:28 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 16 Feb 2017, 20:30 ---
--- Quote from: Sullivan on 16 Feb 2017, 20:05 ---No foul. Raccoons, cute as they are, are nasty little critters.
But, damn. No Jeremy until next week.
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Fun fact: Both the German and Japanese words for 'raccoon' loosely translate to English as "wash bear".
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The fact is not so fun, because it's the same in nearly every language, including Latin. :-P Though the French call it "washer rat" because everything is a rat in France.
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That's actually also true of American English
--- Quote ---"The word "raccoon" was adopted into English from the native Powhatan term, as used in the Virginia Colony. It was recorded on Captain John Smith's list of Powhatan words as aroughcun, and on that of William Strachey as arathkone.[10] It has also been identified as a Proto-Algonquian root *ahrah-koon-em, meaning "[the] one who rubs, scrubs and scratches with its hands"" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon
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As to German Animal names: Germans use the Leonard of Quirm approach to coming up with names for stuff (*), and animal names are no exception. Here's a handy flowchart:
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Car -> Kraftfahrzeug = Power-drive-gear
Submarine - > Unterseeboot = Under-ocean-boat
Garage -> Kraftfahrzeugeinstellplatz = Power-drive-gear-put-into-place (or 'Garage', because ... well, because!)
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